Serving Hays
Structural Drying & Dehumidification in Hays, KS
Commercial air movers and low-grain refrigerant dehumidifiers pull moisture out of the structure, with daily moisture-meter readings logged for your insurer. Structural drying brings building materials back to a documented dry standard using air movers and dehumidifiers rather than surface evaporation alone. Moisture readings are logged through the process so the substrate, not just the surface, is confirmed dry before anything is rebuilt.
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Frequently asked questions
Twenty-five inches a year sounds dry. What actually wets a basement in May?
The Smoky Hill has barely cut a channel in loess, so May's 3.89 inches has no valley to leave by. A basement is then the hole in that perched layer. This is not a 36-inch Iowa packing town and not a 21-inch Dakota prairie river — it is shortgrass loess with a shallow break, and the number that matters is the May share of a small year.
After a wet May the river still looks small. Is that a flood job?
Usually not. Overbank flow is rare here. The quiet failure is perched water in the loess while the Smoky Hill stays inside a shallow trench. Houses that never saw surface water still take it through the wall. A flood narrative wastes the first hour on the wrong elevation.
The rest of the year is dry. Can a May leak just evaporate out?
The wall can look dry by July while the loess still holds what May put in, and the irrigation around town keeps a local table from dropping. A summer walkthrough that only checks the surface will miss an assembly that is still wet at the footing.